R&D Intern

Marble; Paris; On-site; EUR 11,000 - 18,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Contract: Internship

Compensation: Paid internship

Impact & Learning: Hands-on lab work

Culture: International, English-first

Job summary

Norma is seeking an R&D Intern to accelerate our lab work on supercapacitive carbon capture. This hands-on role puts you in the lab daily, assembling cells, running parallel tests, and helping the R&D CO₂ Capture Lead push speed and reliability.

Master students in Chemistry or Chemical Engineering with lab experience will thrive. Nice to have: electrochemistry, Python; we offer an internship with compensation and an English-first, international environment.

Qualifications

• Master student in Chemistry or Chemical Engineering (must).
• Previous experience in a chemistry lab is required.
• Solid understanding of electrochemical principles and hands-on troubleshooting expected.

Responsibilities

• Assemble cells following protocols.
• Run tests and experiments, several in parallel.
• Troubleshoot hardware issues to keep experiments running.
• Record results and keep data tidy for the team.

Skills

Solid electrochemical principles

Hands-on troubleshooting

Data recording & tidiness

Python

Education

Master student in Chemistry/Chemical Engineering

Job description

About Norma

Norma is pioneering Supercapacitive Carbon Capture, using supercapacitor technology to store and reuse the energy required to capture carbon. Instead of consuming energy, we recover it, making carbon capture dramatically more efficient and scalable. The result: 5x lower energy use and cost than first-generation than first-generation Direct Air Capture systems. We target Direct Air Capture, point-source CCS, and CO₂ utilisation.

In just months, we went from first prototype to outperforming current leaders. We've raised a $1M pre-seed round, secured early pre-purchases with Milkywire and filed two patents. We are backed by top tier ClimateTech VCs: Marble and Counteract VC.

Norma is led by Mónica Larrazábal (MIT MBA, ex-McKinsey, 5 years in carbon capture) and Dr. Silvia Pugliese (Chemistry PhD at Collège de France, repeat founder in climate tech). We are now looking for an R&D Intern to help our R&D team test faster in the lab.

Starting date: January or March 2027

The mission

The goal of the internship is to increase the speed of Norma's R&D efforts. The R&D Intern joins at a critical time for our technology, with intensive lab testing ahead.

This is a hands-on role: our R&D Intern is in the lab every day, and their work directly determines how fast we learn.

Objectives

The R&D Intern works hand in hand with our R&D CO₂ Capture Lead. The internship involves mainly hands-on work in the lab:

• Cell assembly: Assemble cells following our protocols.
• Testing: Run tests and experiments, several in parallel.
• Troubleshooting: Fix hardware problems as they come up and keep experiments running.
• Data: Record results and keep data tidy and understandable for the whole R&D team.

Experience

Must have:

• Master student in Chemistry/Chemical Engineering
• Previous experience in a chemistry lab

Nice to have:

• Previous internship or experience involving the assembly of supercapacitors, fuel cells or batteries
• Direct electrochemistry experience in a lab (CV, EIS, GCPL)

Hard Skills

Must have:

• Solid understanding of electrochemical principles
• Comfortable with hands-on troubleshooting
• Able to record and keep data tidy and understandable

Nice to have:

• Python

Soft Skills

• Rigorous and methodical: follows protocols exactly so results stay comparable across cells and runs, and keeps traceability across test conditions, results and documentation
• Learns fast: picks up new technical domains quickly and closes gaps rapidly
• Communication: shares progress and blockers clearly, in writing and in conversation

Ways of working

• Hands-on: wants to be in the lab, not just reading about it, and gets energy from making things work in the real world
• High agency: proactive, spots what needs to be done and does it without waiting to be asked
• Results-oriented: cares about outcomes, not activity
• Adaptable: comfortable with ambiguity, shifts gears when priorities change
• Mission-driven: genuinely cares about what Norma is building

What We Offer

We are an early-stage company building a world-class team and a breakthrough climate technology grounded in an ambitious vision. We are fully committed to long-term impact and excellence.

In addition to the opportunity to make a real impact in the fight against climate change, we offer:

• Contract: Internship.
• Compensation: Paid internship.
• Impact & Learning: Hands-on lab experience on a breakthrough carbon capture technology, working alongside our R&D team.
• Culture: Low ego, team-first, and results-driven. We combine radical thinking with radical candor to redefine carbon capture.
• International environment: English-first workplace with gender parity and a diverse team representing five nationalities.

We believe that a diverse group of minds is key to solving the climate crisis. Studies have shown that under-represented candidates are less likely to apply for an opportunity unless they feel they meet every single qualification.

We are committed to building a diverse, inclusive and mission-driven company. If you’re excited about this opportunity but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with what you read, we encourage you to apply anyways!